List your most over-rated and under-rated….

starcam03 · 04-20-2003, 10:34 PM

Some actors and some musicians get all the headlines… some of them ‘deserve’ it while others don’t have as much talent in their whole body as others have in their little finger… which actors and artists do you think ‘got it’ and which ones do you think have no business being in the business?

Undertoad · 04-20-2003, 11:22 PM

Over-rated, actors: the lot of them. The entire lot.

wolf · 04-20-2003, 11:43 PM

Are we being forced to become part of a focus group here? Without compensation, I mean. I'm happy to play along for the right amount of cash. I have my finger on the pulse of the nation, after all.

SteveDallas · 04-21-2003, 01:05 AM

I'm sort of with UT... the whole celebrity thing is overrated. I just like certain people, and don't really care about the others. And the ones I like I may pay attention to the next thing they have coming out, but I don't care what they do beyond that either. (And I don't give a damn what anybody thinks about the war; it doesn't influence me one way or the other what entertainment I choose.) (Come to think of it, that describes my attitude about the punditocracy as well. I've never felt the obligation to give special credence to any one person's opinion just because they get paid by a newspaper to write it down once a week.)

04-21-2003, 05:22 AM

Well, I'm still a big fan of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in particular. Kevin Spacey gets big nods, as does Jimmy Stewart. And John Cusack is my hero. So I think those guys deserve it.

smoothmoniker · 04-21-2003, 06:09 PM

OverRated: Madonna (Mirwais), Norah Jones, The New Star Wars

UnderRated: Meredith Brooks, Fly Poets, Strongbad sings the blues

Bang on: Sting, U2, The Old Star Wars

richlevy · 04-21-2003, 06:48 PM

Underrated - Tom Hanks and Ron Howard

Both were actors who made the transition to become critically acclaimed directors and producers. Hanks does all three.

starcam03 · 04-22-2003, 02:16 PM

lol... um, no focus group...

I totally agree with Kevin Spacey. Others: Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Sean Connery, Nicholas Cage, Joe Pesci, Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Tim Curry, Jodie Foster, Julia Roberts, Willem Dafoe, Ed Harris

Overrated: Meg Ryan, Richard Gere, Russell Crowe, Leo DiCap, Orlando Bloom, Colin Farrell.

Haven't made my mind up about Nicole Kidman or Catherine Zeta-Jones. Anyone have an opinion?

Music-wise:

overrated: Britney, JLo

underrated: Queen Latifah, Aaliyah (rip) both amazing musicians and actors, gril groups like Lillix. They are totally hot but underrated because of the negative image from people like the Spice Girls. Have you heard of them? Will look for link.

starcam03 · 04-24-2003, 02:15 PM

No one else has an opinion? .... wow...

Here's the link for Lillix: http://www.lillix.com Pretty cool, yes? I think they are going to get really big. Now you see why I say underrated?

I want to add John Mayer to the overrated category, too, and Rosie O'Donnell to the underrated.

Cam · 04-24-2003, 03:23 PM

underrated music,

any independent artist

Griff · 04-24-2003, 04:02 PM

Overated- Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Kevin Costner

Underated- John Cusak, Brad Pitt, Ed Norton -of course these guys get their love so maybe you can't be underated without being unknown.

warch · 04-24-2003, 04:14 PM

Underrated: Juliet Stevenson
Overrated: Julia Roberts

smoothmoniker · 04-24-2003, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cam
underrated music,

any independent artist

I appreciate the sentiment, but in the interest of accuracy, I've worked with many, many indie artists who are indie because they're horrible. They make a virtue (not selling out) out of neccesity (no one's buying).

By no means all. But certainly many.

-sm

Cam · 04-24-2003, 09:25 PM

Okay maybe not any indi artist, but some of them are good and get no credit becuase they aren't backed by a big label. And beyond indie anyone who isn't on the charts or backed by the music channels are usually very underrated. It always amazes me how I can play the music of an unkonown band one day and everyone hates it, but then MTV plays it and everyone thinks it's great.

elSicomoro · 04-24-2003, 10:00 PM

24-7 Spyz are one of the most underrated bands in the history of music...I will say that until my last breath.

That is all.

04-20-2003, 10:34 PM	#1
starcam03 Non-Newbie Sort Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6	List your most over-rated and under-rated…. Some actors and some musicians get all the headlines… some of them ‘deserve’ it while others don’t have as much talent in their whole body as others have in their little finger… which actors and artists do you think ‘got it’ and which ones do you think have no business being in the business?

04-20-2003, 11:43 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Are we being forced to become part of a focus group here? Without compensation, I mean. I'm happy to play along for the right amount of cash. I have my finger on the pulse of the nation, after all. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-21-2003, 06:48 PM	#7
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Underrated - Tom Hanks and Ron Howard Both were actors who made the transition to become critically acclaimed directors and producers. Hanks does all three. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

04-24-2003, 03:23 PM	#10
Cam dripping with ignorance Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 642	underrated music, any independent artist __________________ After the seventh beer I generally try and stay away from the keyboard, I apologize for what happens when I fail.

04-24-2003, 04:02 PM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Overated- Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Kevin Costner Underated- John Cusak, Brad Pitt, Ed Norton -of course these guys get their love so maybe you can't be underated without being unknown. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-20-2003, 11:22 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Over-rated, actors: the lot of them. The entire lot.

04-21-2003, 01:05 AM	#4
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I'm sort of with UT... the whole celebrity thing is overrated. I just like certain people, and don't really care about the others. And the ones I like I may pay attention to the next thing they have coming out, but I don't care what they do beyond that either. (And I don't give a damn what anybody thinks about the war; it doesn't influence me one way or the other what entertainment I choose.) (Come to think of it, that describes my attitude about the punditocracy as well. I've never felt the obligation to give special credence to any one person's opinion just because they get paid by a newspaper to write it down once a week.)

04-21-2003, 05:22 AM	#5
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Well, I'm still a big fan of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in particular. Kevin Spacey gets big nods, as does Jimmy Stewart. And John Cusack is my hero. So I think those guys deserve it.

04-21-2003, 06:09 PM	#6
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	OverRated: Madonna (Mirwais), Norah Jones, The New Star Wars UnderRated: Meredith Brooks, Fly Poets, Strongbad sings the blues Bang on: Sting, U2, The Old Star Wars

04-22-2003, 02:16 PM	#8
starcam03 Non-Newbie Sort Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6	lol... um, no focus group... I totally agree with Kevin Spacey. Others: Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Sean Connery, Nicholas Cage, Joe Pesci, Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Tim Curry, Jodie Foster, Julia Roberts, Willem Dafoe, Ed Harris Overrated: Meg Ryan, Richard Gere, Russell Crowe, Leo DiCap, Orlando Bloom, Colin Farrell. Haven't made my mind up about Nicole Kidman or Catherine Zeta-Jones. Anyone have an opinion? Music-wise: overrated: Britney, JLo underrated: Queen Latifah, Aaliyah (rip) both amazing musicians and actors, gril groups like Lillix. They are totally hot but underrated because of the negative image from people like the Spice Girls. Have you heard of them? Will look for link.

04-24-2003, 02:15 PM	#9
starcam03 Non-Newbie Sort Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6	No one else has an opinion? .... wow... Here's the link for Lillix: http://www.lillix.com Pretty cool, yes? I think they are going to get really big. Now you see why I say underrated? I want to add John Mayer to the overrated category, too, and Rosie O'Donnell to the underrated.

04-24-2003, 04:14 PM	#12
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Underrated: Juliet Stevenson Overrated: Julia Roberts

04-24-2003, 09:25 PM	#14
Cam dripping with ignorance Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 642	Okay maybe not any indi artist, but some of them are good and get no credit becuase they aren't backed by a big label. And beyond indie anyone who isn't on the charts or backed by the music channels are usually very underrated. It always amazes me how I can play the music of an unkonown band one day and everyone hates it, but then MTV plays it and everyone thinks it's great. __________________ After the seventh beer I generally try and stay away from the keyboard, I apologize for what happens when I fail.

04-24-2003, 10:00 PM	#15
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	24-7 Spyz are one of the most underrated bands in the history of music...I will say that until my last breath. That is all.

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